Most days I consume at least one artifact of American popular culture. This page is a yearly accounting of what I consume.
If you’d like to see 2015’s list, click here.
Here’s the key: podcast, book, TV show, film, full album
August books currently reading: Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin; A Perfect Evil by Alex Kava; Going North by Janice Harrington; Nebraska: This Place, This People by William Kloefkorn
8/7: This American Life; P.S. I Like You by Kasie West
8/8: Once
8/13: Little Windows by Teddy Thompson and Kelly Jones
8/14: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
8/15: Stranger Things
8/16: Stranger Things
8/17: Stranger Things; Code Switch
8/18: Stranger Things
8/19: Stranger Things; Room for Squares by John Mayer
8/20: Last Chance U
8/21: Last Chance U; The Moth
7/2: The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth McKenzie; binge-listened to The Moth
7/3: The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West; Jane the Virgin
7/4: Jane the Virgin. All Day, as many episodes as I could get to.
7/5: Jane the Virgin (yep, finished a season in three days); The Mindy Project; The Imitation Game
7/6: The Great British Baking Show
7/7: Out of Reach by Carrie Acros; Jesus Feminist by Sarah Bessey
7/8: 30 for 30: Fantastic Lies; Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 4 by Stan Sakai
7/9: Men in Black 3
7/11: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
7/13: When I Was The Greatest by Jason Reynolds; 30 for 30: Into the Wind
7/14: Ex Machina; West Wing Weekly
7/21: Man of Steel
7/25: Love and Mercy
7/28: Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
7/29: Kingsman: The Secret Service
6/1: Ella Enchanted; The Princess Bride
6/2: A Bug’s Life
6/3: Liberal Arts; The Mindy Project
6/4: Summertime (1955)
6/7: Imbecile by Adam Cohen
6/8: The Mindy Project
6/9: Joshua Tree by U2
6/10: Begin Again; Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
6/11: 30 for 30: OJ Made In America; Faure Requiem
6/13: The Americans; Zootopia
6/14: The Mindy Project; Writing Jane Austen by Elizabeth Aston
6/16: Jiro Dreams of Sushi; The West Wing Weekly
6/17: Major League; Searching for Sunday by Rachel Held Evans
6/18: Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 3 by Stan Sakai; Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
6/20: Ides of March; Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda
6/23: Creed
6/25: Jane the Virgin (half the season)
6/26: Jane the Virgin (the other half…)
6/27: Brooklyn
May books read: I Regret Nothing by Jen Lancaster; Lolita: the Media Sexualization of Young Girls by M. Gigi Durham; These is My Words by Nancy Turner. Dropped the ball on all other media.
4/1: Green by Drew ofThe Drew; Serial
4/2: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
4/6: West Wing Weekly
4/7: Scandal; The Catch; Fresh Air: Samantha Bee
4/8: Pop Psychology by Neon Trees; Ask Me Another: Jason Jones
4/9: Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell; Former by A.E. Stueve;
The Force Awakens; Hamilton Cast Recording
4/13: On the Fence by Kasie West; West Wing Weekly
4/15: Life’s Rich Pageant by R.E.M.; The Catch
4/17: The Scandalous Sisters of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry
4/23: National Treasure
4/25: Gumption by Nick Offerman; Ask Me Another: Leslie Odom, Jr.
4/26: When In Doubt, Add Butter by Kate Harbison
4/27: The Americans; Fresh Air: Questlove
4/28: The Americans; West Wing Weekly
4/29: Rhythm Nation by Janet Jackson; Scandal
February and March were sacrificed to the school musical Gods. I’m getting my bearings back.
3/20: Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling; Finding Your Roots
3/21: The West Wing, S1E1; Usagi Yojimbi, Vol. 2
3/22: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
3/23: In The Loop; Before You Go; The West Wing Weekly
3/24: Outliers
3/26: Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me
Feburary books currently reading: The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey; Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
2/2: Downton Abbey, The Good Wife; Groundhog Day
2/4: How to Get Away With Murder
2/6: Ant-Man
2/7: Finding Your Roots; Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
2/8: Serial; How to Get Away with Murder
2/11: Ask Me Another
2/12: Hail, Caesar!; Downton Abbey; Finding Your Roots; Scandal
2/13: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies; Bridge of Spies
2/17: The Grinder (2)
2/20: Scandal; How to Get Away With Murder; Ask Me Another
2/21: Finding Your Roots
January books currently reading: Daring Greatly by Brene Brown; Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell; The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey
1/1: The Big Short
1/2: American Ultra
1/3: Silver Screen Fiend by Patton Oswalt; Anchor by Mindy Gledhill;
Downton Abbey
1/4: This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz; Making a Murderer (1)
1/6: Making a Murderer (2); American Idol
1/7: The Grinder
1/8: Back to Black by Amy Winehouse
1/9: 21 by Adele; The Mindy Project (3); Ask Me Another: David Cross
1/10: Finding Your Roots
1/11: Downton Abbey; Making a Murderer
1/12: The Good Wife
1/13: Making a Murderer
1/18: Making a Murderer (3); Downton Abbey; The Good Wife
1/21: Serial
1/22: Hideaway by The Weepies
1/24: Making a Murderer; Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me!
1/25: Downton Abbey
1/29: Weezer Blue Album by Weezer
1/30: Making a Murderer